Official qualifying ends for upcoming elections

Official qualifying ends for upcoming elections

By MELISSA BURNSED

Last Friday marked the close of official qualifying for county, state and federal elections on the upcoming ballots. There were no last minute surprises among the ranks of offices up for grabs around North Florida.

North Florida News Daily has already listed the complete roster of candidates for local and constitutional offices in Baker, Bradford and Union Counties. The heat is on as numerous candidates for races including sheriff and county commissioners stump for votes. Voters will be closely following the fireworks as the summer election season heads toward the late August primary.

Those county races aren’t the only ones that have drawn considerable early interest and support from officials in both the Republican and Democratic party. North Florida’s legislative representation in the state senate and house is up for grabs as incumbents face tough challengers and other seats have opened up due to term limits.

Here’s a look at who’s on the ballot.

Florida State Senate

District 3 - Baker/Columbia
Charles Dean (Rep) incumbent
Suzan L.R. Franks (Dem)

District 5 - Clay/Duval/Nassau/St. Johns
George Anthony Lovenguth (Dem)
Stephen Wise (Rep) incumbent

Florida State House

District 12 - Baker/Bradford/ClayDuval/Nassau/Union
Janet Adkins (Rep)
Bobby Hart (Rep)
Phillip Morton (Dem)
Damon Fernandez (write-in)
Robert Scott Ziefel (write-in)

District 21 - Bradford/Clay/Putnam
Chris France (Rep)
Patricia Freeman (Rep)
Charles Van Zant (Rep)
Linda Myers (Dem)